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Miu Miu Ditches its Teen Model, Hires a 34-Year Old Instead, and More News

Today in fashion news from around the web: A major luxury brand decides to stop using a 14-year old model to sell clothes to women and employs a 34-year old instead; Neiman Marcus' Christmas Book comes out, features a luxury yurt—yes, a yurt! The First Lady of France gives birth but doesn't want to talk about it; and a major retailer pulls its offensive fake Navajo merch from shelves (and the web).

EVERYWHERE— Luxury department store Neiman Marcus has just released its 85th annual Christmas Book, which is filled with holiday gifts ranging from affordable and practical to fantastical and wildly expensive. Check out nine of the book's fantasy gifts—which range in price from $5,000 to $1 million—including this Dream Folly yurt (yes, we said yurt), which is inspired by iconic television show I Dream of Jeannie.

MILAN— Is grown-up fashion back in this holiday season? Miu Miu has tapped 34-year old veteran of the modeling industry Guinevere Van Seenus as the face of its holiday-resort campaign. Van Seenus follows 14-year old model Hailee Steinfeld, who was starred in the brand's fall ads. I love Steinfeld, but always felt a little weird about casting a 14-year old in a luxury campaign in order to sell clothes to adults. What do you think about the handover?

PARIS— Meanwhile, the First Lady of France, 90s-era supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has given birth to a healthy baby girl, hurrah! The BBC reports: "Witnesses said Mr Sarkozy arrived at the La Muette clinic several hours after the birth. He had visited the clinic earlier in the day, but left to travel to Germany for talks on the eurozone debt crisis. The Elysee Palace has said it will not make any announcement because the pregnancy is a private family matter."

LONDON— A man called Tom Boddingham placed an order for a custom-made size 14.5 bear-claw-shaped slipper. Looks like the factory messed up the sizing—they sent him this size 1,450 slipper instead. No news on whether or how he plans on repackaging it to return to sender.

PHILADELPHIA— Over the last couple of weeks, Urban Outfitters has gotten itself into a bit of hot water by calling a bunch of their fall merchandise "Navajo." Turns out Navajo is trademarked—and lots of people, include government officials, bloggers, and the Navajo Nation, found UO's co-opting of the culture offensive. Today, the Today Show reports that UO has pulled the offending items from its inventory.